diff --git a/sw/lib/ocaml/mapWaypoints.ml b/sw/lib/ocaml/mapWaypoints.ml
index 9f5ce09955..938e89ef0f 100644
--- a/sw/lib/ocaml/mapWaypoints.ml
+++ b/sw/lib/ocaml/mapWaypoints.ml
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ let rotation_45 =
   let s = sin (Latlong.pi/.4.) in
   [|s;s;-.s;s;0.;0.|]
 
-class waypoint = fun (wpts_group:group) (name :string) ?(alt=0.) wgs84 ->
+class waypoint = fun ?(show = true) (wpts_group:group) (name :string) ?(alt=0.) wgs84 ->
   let geomap=wpts_group#geomap
   and color = wpts_group#color
   and editable = wpts_group#editable in
@@ -82,6 +82,8 @@ class waypoint = fun (wpts_group:group) (name :string) ?(alt=0.) wgs84 ->
     val mutable moved = None
     val mutable deleted = false
     val mutable commit_cb = None
+    initializer
+      if not show then wpt_group#hide ()
     initializer
       item#affine_absolute rotation_45;
       self#move xw yw
@@ -282,6 +284,6 @@ class waypoint = fun (wpts_group:group) (name :string) ?(alt=0.) wgs84 ->
 
 let gensym = let n = ref 0 in fun prefix -> incr n; prefix ^ string_of_int !n
 
-let waypoint = fun group ?(name = gensym "wp") ?alt en ->
-  new waypoint group name ?alt en
+let waypoint = fun ?show group ?(name = gensym "wp") ?alt en ->
+  new waypoint ?show group name ?alt en
 
diff --git a/sw/lib/ocaml/mapWaypoints.mli b/sw/lib/ocaml/mapWaypoints.mli
index eae39df243..248e8c7eb7 100644
--- a/sw/lib/ocaml/mapWaypoints.mli
+++ b/sw/lib/ocaml/mapWaypoints.mli
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ class group :
    end
 
 class waypoint :
+  ?show:bool ->
   group ->
   string ->
   ?alt:float ->
@@ -64,4 +65,4 @@ class waypoint :
   end
 
 
-val waypoint : group -> ?name:string -> ?alt:float -> Latlong.geographic -> waypoint
+val waypoint : ?show:bool -> group -> ?name:string -> ?alt:float -> Latlong.geographic -> waypoint